Space Metal (Star One album)

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Space Metal
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Studio album by
Released21 May 2002
RecordedThe Electric Castle, Neijsembroughter, Netherlands
Genre
LengthDisc 1: 55:45
Disc 2: 40:51
Total: 96:36
Label InsideOut
Producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Star One chronology
Space Metal
(2002)
Live on Earth
(2003)
Arjen Anthony Lucassen chronology
Fate of a Dreamer
(2001)
Space Metal
(2002)
Live on Earth
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Space Metal is the debut studio album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive metal project/supergroup Star One, released on the recording label Inside Out in 2002. It was issued in two versions, a standard version containing just the first CD and a limited edition version with more elaborate packaging and both CDs.

Contents

The album mixes progressive metal and space rock, and many of the songs are linked conceptually by having cult science fiction movies, novels or TV series as their subjects, mainly adventures on space. The album features a guest vocal performance by Dave Brock of Hawkwind on the track 'Hawkwind Medley'.

Track listing

All music is composed by Lucassen

CD 1
No.TitleLength
1."Lift-Off"1:14
2."Set Your Controls"6:01
3."High Moon"5:36
4."Songs of the Ocean"5:23
5."Master of Darkness"
  • A. "Master of Darkness"
  • B. "Laserfight"
5:14
6."The Eye of Ra"
  • A. "Gateway to the Stars"
  • B. "The Eye of Ra"
  • C. "The Seventh Sign"
7:34
7."Sandrider"5:31
8."Perfect Survivor"4:46
9."Intergalactic Space Crusaders"5:22
10."Starchild"
  • A. "One by Four by Nine"
  • B. "Starchild"
  • C. "A New Sun"
9:04
Total length:55:45
CD 2 (Special Edition only)
No.TitleLength
1."Hawkwind Medley"
  • A. "Master of the Universe"
  • B. "Silver Machine"
  • C. "Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke)"
  • D. "Brainstorm"
  • E. "Assault and Battery"
  • F. "The War I Survived"
  • G. "Space is Deep"
  • H. "Spirit of the Age"
  • I. "Lost Chronicles"
9:46
2."Spaced Out"4:53
3."Inseparable Enemies"4:15
4."Space Oddity" (David Bowie cover)4:59
5."Starchild" (Pro-Logic Mix)9:31
6."Spaced Out" (Alternative version)4:55
7."Intergalactic Laxative" (Hidden track; Donovan cover)2:32
Total length:40:51

Album Themes

The themes of the album's songs are based on the following works of fiction:

On CD 1

On CD 2

Personnel

Star One

Additional musicians

Charts

2002 chart performance for Space Metal
Chart (2002)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [3] 60
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4] 70
2022 chart performance for Space Metal
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] 119
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] 93

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